Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-22
EASTERN.
More of The DR.. McGlynn
Matter.
HE OPPOSES LAND OWNERSHIP
The Way a Wealthy Ranchman was
Treated by his Wife's Relatives.
General Notes.

treated Dy MS W1fe,S Relatives.
General Notes.
Especial 70 the Herald bylhe associated Press
New YORK, January 2l.-Archbishop
Corrigan tonight makes public a long
written statement in regard to the Nc.
Glynn case. 1t goes back to 1882, when
DR.. McGlynn is declared to have dis.
obeyed the mandate of Rome against
making political speeches by priests,
and when under correction he promised
to refrain from further offending, but
had TO be called to account again in 1888.
He made a public statement then and
a profession Of obedience, but it became
necessary, he having resumed political
speaking, to remind him again on
August 2lst last. This was before
Henry Georges name was mentioned for
Mayor. To this note of warning
McGlynn did not reply. Then follows
an account of the Archbishop's inter.
view with Henry George. Then under
date of September 29th. the Archbishop
gave the text of note sent by him TO
DR.. McGlynn, reminiing him of his
promise, and forbidding MIN in positive
terms to attend the Henry George meet
ing in Chickering Hall ON the following
Friday. To this DR.. McGlynn replied
that he would address the meeting
notwiths standing the prohibition. To
this the Cardial wrote that it was not
a matter of this or that political party,
but violation of the teachings of the
Propaganda, and that he was sorry to
be compelled to suspend him from all
sacerdotal functions for two weeks. DR.:
McGlynn remaining obdurate he was
again suspended for the remainder of the
year. On December 4th there came
from the Propaganda the summons, :Let
DR.. McGlynn proceed to Rome immedi
ately." The Cardinal proceeds, "The
cablegram was great surprise to me as
we'll as to the doctor. l never
asked nor even limited in
any way that he should go
to Rome. When the telegram was de.
livered DIR. McGlynn simply replied:
"There is no answer" and as far as
know paid no further heed to the mat
ter. To this date no answer seems to
have been sent to Rome asking an ex-
tension of time or protesting any willing
ness to comply with the order. In De-
cember l wrote to DR.. MbGlynn request.
ing some reply. When after waiting
four days longer he wrote on December
20, 1886, that he could not go to Rome,
and at the same time reaffirmed his doc
trinal position as follows: "My doctrine
about land has been made clear in
my speeches, in reported interviews and
in published articles and repeat it here
to night and / shall continue to
teach in speeches and in writing as long
as l live that land is rightfu,ly the
property of the people in common and
that the private ownership of land is
against natural justice, no matter by
what civil or ecclesiastical laws it may
be sanctioned, and would bring about
Instantly, if could, such change Of laws
all the world over as would coniiscate
private property in land without one
penny of satisfaction to miscalled own
ers."
Under date of December 29th the Car.
dinal writes in reply, reciting the above
declarations by DR.. McGlynn and con-
tanning his suspension until further in
structions should be received from
Rome. The statement proceeds as fol.
lows: Early in January q most kind and
conciliatory letter came to me from Car.
dinal Simmonie for DR.. McGlynn. He
was invited to call and receive 1t, but re-
piled: II will not come to see you," 1t
was forwarded by mail, and a few days
later note came in reply from the Doc
tor as follows: II have received Cardi-
nal Simmonie's letter with your
request that inform you of my plans.
will not 60 to Rome. The grave rea.
sons which l gave you in my letter OF
December Goth still hold good. and will
continue to do so for long time"
In reply to this, under date of Jann-
ary l4th, the Archbishop writes saying
that an exact copy of the last two
letters of DR.. McGlynn setting out his
belief on the land question, and his rea-
sons for declining to go to Rome had been
forwarded to the Propaganda for action
and that pending this the writer
had decided to remove him (McGlynn)
from the pastorate of st. Stephens, and
place Father DonneHy in that position,
asking if he had any objections to offer.
The Cardinal proceeds: "To this letter
no answer was returned, and on Janu.
ary 10th received the following cable.
gram from Cardinal Simmonie, "Give
orders to have DR.. McGlynn again invited
to proceed to Rome, and also to condemn
in writing the doctrines to which he has
a. in, q n1hlyn praattn n
or which have attributed to him in press
Should he disobey, use your own au-
thority in dealing with him" The
original of the third summons was sent
by mail on January l6 to DR.. McGlynn
at st. Stephens and copy to his ad'
dress in Harlem. There was no answer
and on January II, another telegram
like its predecessor saying: "The Sover-
eign orders the Doctor to Rome in
stantly." This also was forwarded i'm.
mediately by messenger, with q request
for an answer, but none has been re-
ceived. The follows the Cardinals let.
ter to the committee of DR.. McGlynn's
parishioners, the substance of which
has already been given in these
dispatches. The statement closes as
follows: The latest phase OF this
unhappy conflict occurred this morning
when Archbishop Jacobini, Secretary OF
the Propaganda, cabled as follows
"For providential reasons the Propa.
ganda has hitherto been slow to act in
the case of DR.. McGlynn. The Sover'
eign Pontiff has now taken the matter
into his own hands. The case now rests
between DR.. McGlynn and the Holy
See.
(Signed) M. A. CoRRiGAN'
Archbishop of New York.